Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-27
AProhibition Excursion.

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WACO, TEX, May 26.-While the fire
mems band discoursed sweet music at 7
o'clock this morning train pulled by To-
conotive los, Charles ". Tucker, engin-
a.~. and J. " Balm, firemen, drawing
errat passenger coaches, pulled out on
t94 Cotton Belt Railway at the corner OF
T7ird and Mary streets. Several hundred
IsIfes and gentlemen stood in waiting,
and within few minutes after the train
.topped nearly every seat was taken. The
o-cssiOn of this gathering was the an
,,orncement Of an excursion TO Corsicana,
which was gotten up by the state cen
raj prohibition committee. Rev. DR.. B.
n Carroll was booked TO deliver a
.napch st COrsicapR, and the chairman of
mo Navarro county prohibition committee
extended ar invitation to the people Of
waco 70 come over and join in the fes-
,.-ifies and the central committee
5urshered the move by securing a special
train to carry the people. Those who
went on the excursion were represen' ative
citizens of Waco, and q large number OF
+rem were ladies, but very few children
we're aboard the train. They were all
dressed in holiday attire and gayer or
happier lot Of people was never seen to
leave Waco.
on both SIDES of the tender, painted in
Isrge letters on streameTs were the fol
lowing words: "Carry the Prohibition
Amendment and There Well Follow"
Then came long gtreamcrs which We're
fastened TO the coaches and on which
were also painted in large letters: ''Hep-
DIT Homes" "Iucreased Prosperity"
Business Prosperity" "IndustTy snd
SobrIetv." "DscreasCG Taxation, "
.sCrime Reduced. u Elevated Manhood, y
Law and Order" "Hcnest Elections, "
Work for All"
Just before s O'Clock Conductor Ken
Won called ont "all aDOard," the band
under the leadership of Mr. Herbert Lit
tie, struck up lively air, and the train
pulled out towards COrsicara.
4 special from COrsicaQa says: "The
.ycursionists arrived here at 10 o'clock
and we're met at tae depot by the Corsi-
cana Electric band, the military company
ana large delegation Of citizens. Ac-
c0rdiag to the arrangements made by the
committee in charge Of the eXcuTsioDistS
the crowd of gentlemen formed two
abreast while ;he ladies were transferred
in vehicles, watch were well supplied
and marched up Main street
to the picnic grounds. The pro-
cession vas headed by the Waco
oand, followed By 3 committee of prom
iuent citizens with Dr. Carroll in 8 car
riage Then came the general process
sion On RrrigSl at the grounds, Gov
eraor Marion Martin read the programme
for the day, after which DR.. Carroll was
introduced enid applause. Dr.. Carroll
came forward and read u letter written
MIN on May u, which used very abusive
language and stated that If ne did not
conduct himself like g gentleman while
mere and if he made mis- remarks personal
ne would be shot. Dr. Carroll then
Delivered his speech, which was an analy-
sis of the platform adopted ct Dallas by
the observation-disclosures. In the SITTER
noon DIR. W. Il. Robinson of Waco spoke,
also for the prohibition side. The Cor
sIcsna people provided 4 DoEnteous din
ner on the picnic grounds for the visitors.
The excursion train reached here about
O'Clock Tonight on the return trip.